What Michelle Obama was talking about
When First Lady Michelle Obama made what some considered an “Un-American” remark regarding her patriotism, in my opinion the performance of “My country ‘tis of thee” by Aretha Franklin at the Inauguration on January 20th and the singing of “The National Anthem” by Jennifer Hudson at the Super Bowl last Sunday night should leave no doubt in people’s mind many of us Black have heightened feelings of patriotism. Both of the sisters are Divas in their own rights.
You could hear the heightened patriotism in their voices and the music arrangements for the solo of Ms. Hudson, both instrumental and vocal, were breathtaking; At least it took mine away. My very excited nephew called me first thing Monday morning telling me about it and “You just gotta hear it!” he shouted in my early morning ear! I did. Suddenly, “Barack the magic Negro” became impregnated with new associations. I note what it did for RNC Chairman Michael Steel and found this article on *one hundred twenty surveyed college students. Three cheers for Pres. Obama!
As always,
BB
(Excerpt)
**“The first study of the "Obama Effect," has produced a tantalizing result. Nothing saddens me more than the achievement gap between white and black test takers. And the studies that show that black kids do even worse when they self-identify right before taking the test makes me want to crawl into a bottle of Hennessy and drown. But this new study shows that the achievement gap was statistically erased by black test takers after hearing an Obama speech. According to Newsweek:”
And
“I truly believe that we are all suddenly living in another era. Can you imagine some knucklehead still chiding a black nerd in class for acting white while over his head hangs a picture of the President of the United States?”
Fighting for the dignity of my Ancestors,
God bless Bill Gates, WPFW, C-Span and the spirits of the unborn for the help,
BB
*An 'Obama Effect' on Blacks' Test Scores?
Sharon Begley
http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/labnotes/archive/2009/01/23/an-obama-effect-on-blacks-test-scores.aspx
** The Obama Effect, the Super Bowl and the Revenge of the Black Nerd
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/trey-ellis/the-obama-effect-the-supe_b_163123.html
You could hear the heightened patriotism in their voices and the music arrangements for the solo of Ms. Hudson, both instrumental and vocal, were breathtaking; At least it took mine away. My very excited nephew called me first thing Monday morning telling me about it and “You just gotta hear it!” he shouted in my early morning ear! I did. Suddenly, “Barack the magic Negro” became impregnated with new associations. I note what it did for RNC Chairman Michael Steel and found this article on *one hundred twenty surveyed college students. Three cheers for Pres. Obama!
As always,
BB
(Excerpt)
**“The first study of the "Obama Effect," has produced a tantalizing result. Nothing saddens me more than the achievement gap between white and black test takers. And the studies that show that black kids do even worse when they self-identify right before taking the test makes me want to crawl into a bottle of Hennessy and drown. But this new study shows that the achievement gap was statistically erased by black test takers after hearing an Obama speech. According to Newsweek:”
And
“I truly believe that we are all suddenly living in another era. Can you imagine some knucklehead still chiding a black nerd in class for acting white while over his head hangs a picture of the President of the United States?”
Fighting for the dignity of my Ancestors,
God bless Bill Gates, WPFW, C-Span and the spirits of the unborn for the help,
BB
*An 'Obama Effect' on Blacks' Test Scores?
Sharon Begley
http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/labnotes/archive/2009/01/23/an-obama-effect-on-blacks-test-scores.aspx
** The Obama Effect, the Super Bowl and the Revenge of the Black Nerd
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/trey-ellis/the-obama-effect-the-supe_b_163123.html
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